Next-gen GPUs look big and hungry, and that's bad news
Does anybody remember when the GTX 1080 pulled 180W?
Samsung is raising chip fabrication prices to finance new foundries
It's hard to blame them
Amazon hit with record $885 million fine for violating EU privacy rules
Fines for GDPR violations are ramping up
HyperX Cloud Alpha gaming headset is down to $70
The HyperX Cloud Alpha are among the best budget headsets you can buy right now for gaming and they perform just as well when listening to other media. They're down to $70 on Amazon from the regular $90-$100.
HP 24" Full HD all-in-one PC starts at $699
Ryzen 5 CPU, Radeon graphics, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB storage
Palit tells customers to avoid second hand graphics card used for mining
The GPU manufacturer mentions independent tests showing a mining graphics card offers 10% less performance after a year of use
Download VirtualBox and give Windows 11 beta a try
VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application that enables you to run virtual machines on top of your existing OS. You can download it free of charge for Windows, macOS or Linux.
Microsoft releases first Windows 11 beta
You'll need to be a Windows Insider to take it for a spin
Panic sells its initial batch of 20,000 Playdate handhelds in under 20 minutes
Another gaming system that'll be virtually impossible to buy
Wi-Fi 802.11ac also known as Wi-Fi 5 brought all these improvements, except...
The 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard is the most widely used and was retroactively labelled Wi-Fi 5
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Stray is a compelling cat simulator heading to PlayStation and PC in early 2022
Way more than just a basic cat simulator
TechSpot Video Strange But True Tech Facts -- Part 2
Many of the breakthroughs and discoveries made since the advent of the transistor were simply inconceivable a century ago. And yet, we already have a lifetime of achievements to marvel over. This is part 2 of our favorite fun tech facts that you might not have known about...
Amazon releases first quarterly report under new CEO Andy Jassy
A solid start for Amazon CEO Andy Jassy
Nokia's T20 Android tablet listed: a budget 10.3-inch slate to challenge Amazon and Samsung?
Nokia's getting back in the tablet game
Microsoft to pull Forza Motorsport 7 from online stores after September 15
The game will also be taken off Xbox Game Pass upon reaching its 'End of Life' status
Tesla agrees to pay $1.5 million in class action battery-throttling lawsuit, vehicle owners to get $625 each
Stemming from a 2019 OTA update
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop Review: 4GB of VRAM Goes Backwards
The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti is a mainstream GPU for gaming laptops, sitting below the RTX 3060 in the product stack, and offering us a follow up to last year's GTX 1660 Ti and GTX 1650 for laptops.
Steam Client Beta includes revamped downloads page, storage management feature
Easily move your Steam games between drives
AMD announces the Radeon RX 6600 XT, a $379 "1080p beast" that arrives on August 11
Better than the RTX 3060, according to AMD
The first 12th-gen Intel "Alder Lake" CPUs to hit the market will target enthusiasts
Power users may be the first to get a taste of Intel's big.LITTLE CPUs
Intel 'Beast Canyon' NUC 11 Extreme kit is now available, starts at $1,150
A compact gaming PC with a lot to give
Amazon warns that some older Kindles will soon start losing cellular connectivity
Early Kindles with 2G / 3G will soon be unable to access the Internet wirelessly
Samsung continues to lead global smartphone market despite quarterly decline
The global smartphone market grew year over year but declined compared to last quarter
Ray-Ban smart glasses are set to release this year, made in partnership with Facebook
Specifications are still a mystery, but at least we know it will "do some pretty neat things"
Nothing's Ear (1) debut today to mixed reviews
Nothing's earbuds are distinctively styled and offer enviable specs including ANC, wireless charging and that $99 price. But there's room for improvement if they want to overcome more established rivals, in particular connectivity hiccups.
5G focus is shifting to infrastructure, as seen at MWC
Announcements from IBM, Qualcomm, Amazon, and more
Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" joins YouTube's billion view club
Rickrolling continues to be a popular bait-and-switch gag on the Internet
Steve Jobs' 1973 application sold for $300,000 more in physical form than its NFT version
People definitely prefer the physical to the digital
Sony unlocks PlayStation 5 M.2 SSD expansion bay, but only for beta testers
Sony is starting to open the PS5's SSD expansion bay up
Google is banning sugar daddy apps from the Play Store
Google's going sugar-free
Facebook, Netflix, and Google to make vaccinations mandatory for personnel
A move prompted by the Delta variant
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